• Xanthrax@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Moleskin should work. Also wear dress socks under your regular socks. You’ll get fewer blisters.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, I learned it from guys in the army. It’s because dress socks reduce friction, and the normal socks absorb sweat.

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          6 months ago

          Why doesn’t the army just make blister-preventing socks?

          That really sounds like some amazing government invention that gets everywhere. Like accelerometers. Or Tang.

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              Nah a lot of times government inventions get sold under license. Gov invents it and private industry perfects it. Within 5 years you’d have Darn Tough blisterproof socks and gov gets a fraction of every sale. It’s how NASA has the best ROI in the government.